misgive verb3 •(no longer used) Of the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.As Henry’s late presaging prophecy / Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, / So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts / What may befall him, to his harm and ours: — 1591 •(no longer used) To suspect; to dread. •(no longer used) To give wrongly; to give or grant amiss.[…] I protest unto you, I knew nothing of any of their Liberty misgiven or misused, till about a Fortnight since […] — 1700 formsmisgave · misgiven · misgiving · misgives